FORMULA T2 & GP2 SETUP & MORE

IN REPLY to Andreas, here's some helpull hint on how to set your FORMULA T1/T2 with GP2 and also some hints on SETTING-UP your car

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>Is there anybody who have car setups optimized for driving with the T2? >please let me know. >As well as i like to know how to set up the T2 probably I would like to >know if you have some car set up's to drive with (you know front wing, >...) >Because it seems that there is a need for different car set up's to run >your car fast. >I could not reach fast times with Joystick or Keybord setup. >-- >Mit freundlichen Gruessen >Andreas Partie

Hello Andreas,i'll send you how to set your T2: 1-Under control device choose NOT USED. 2-Go at ADVANCE 3- STEERING DEVICE: JOYSTICK A HORIZONTAL MODE:ANALOG LOW SENSIVITY ZONE:45-55% (my preference is 50%)--> the lower the #, the higher will be the steering response. STEERING HELP: OFF OPPOSITE LOCK: ON --> this is going to help you when you exit a corner and if you start to oversteer, you can correct it.If you choose OFF, it will be very difficult to correct oversteer. MAX LOCK:16-19 degrees (My preference for all circuit is 18) This what is called LOCK to LOCK REDUCE WITH SPEED:60-75% (My preference is 65%)--> The higher the # the lower the sensitivity of your steering will be at increasing speed. 4-ACCELERATION DEVICE: JOYSTICK B HORIZONTAL LOW SENSIVITY: 100% --> The higher the #, more it will be progressive when you accelerate. (same thing apply to BRAKE DEVICE) MODE: ANALOG 5- BRAKE DEVICE: JOYSTICK B HORIZONTAL MODE: ANALOG LOW SENSIVITY: 100% 6- CLUTCH DEVICE: USE GEAR CHANGE (default value) SENSITIVITY: 50% (default value) 7- GEAR CHANGE: CHANGE UP:JOYSTICK A FIRE 1 CHANGE DOWN:JOYSTICK A FIRE 2 note: JOYSTICK B FIRE 1 & 2 are the 2 red BUTTON on your steering housing. note 2: There's no JOYSTICK A & B VERTICAL (which could be use has a CLUTCH DEVICE. However it's possible to build one, although i'm not sure if there's any wire that are unused at the joystick/game PORT. We should check that with Thrusmasters. note 3:Are you using a GAMECARD (like THRUSMASTERS ICM GAME CARD)? IF NO: all the SENSITIVITY will have to be adjusted to your need. Now concerning the setups on your car: Every track has different setups. 1- However a good rule of thumb is having more WING ANGLE at the rear than the front. note:too much rear WING will decrease dramatically your TOP SPEED,in some case (like MONZA,HOCKENHEIM RING,SPA-FRANCORCHAMP) you'll have to put more FRONT WING than REAR,in this case, you'll have to "counter-act" the effect of this oversteer with the rest of the setups. 2-The same applies to SPRING RATE (put more in front than rear).This way your car will be understeering (which is desirable at some extent). 3-ANTIROLL BAR: try 2000-4000 lbs/in at front try 50-250 lbs/in at rear note: you will have to play with these numbers and see how it's reacting. note 2:these change are most effective at LOW and MEDIUM speed,but has effect at HIGH SPEED CORNERING 4- DAMPERS: try to use level 2 setup: LOW SPEED: always use a big # at front and low # at rear ex: 15-22 at front , 7-12 at rear HIGH SPEED: Try to use front and rear very close to each other. note: REBOUND DAMPER: % should be about 65-75% of the # of BUMP DAMPER ex: REBOUND DAMPER (front):15 and BUMP DAMPERS:19 please note: these are only example,every track has different needs. 5- RIDE HEIGHT(important):try to use always the lowest # as possible because the lower the car the higher will be the undercar downforce (more cornering speed) note: the front RIDE HEIGHT will be around 27-33 mm depending of TRACKS the rear RIDE HEIGHT will be arond 45-55 mm depending of TRACKS note 2: when modifying the height, always try to compare with the GRAPH with two different setups. note 3:You can actually change how the car reacts (under/oversteer) in high speed corners, independly of the rest of your setup. 6-PACKERS: this affect the TRAVELLING of your suspension (USEFUL in S type CORNERS) like rapid change of steering direction. note: If TRACK is very bumpy you will have to decrease the PACKERS HEIGHT in mm note: this is the trickiest adjustment, always modify slowly without modifying anything else and see the result-->TRACK TIME and again the GRAPH (use SUSPENSION TRAVEL (each wheel) note 3: when you increase the PACKERS again check SUSPENSION TRAVEL at the GRAPH and try to have some suspension travel both front and rear (FRONT should be lower than REAR) TRICKS: if you already do not know, when practicing use FETCH GRAPH and then VIEW GRAPH --> this way you can see the change without going out of the track ie:you don't have to SAVE HOT LAP to view the GRAPH. 2- ALWAYS ZOOM IN the GRAPH in horizontal mode (X32) and CLICK MAP. This way you can check all parameters very closely. 3- Don't forget to save SETUP as often as possible (with different names).And when saving HOTLAPS use same names according to the same SETUP --> thsi way you will eventually see the correlation. 4- I can say that i'm using alot of GRAPH/SETUP change to increase my LAP time. 5- You'll find out, that the RACE AND QUALIFYING SETUP are different because of the heavier fuel LOAD. NB: if you download any SETUP file or HOTLAP from any WWW site,for a specific track,you will find that most setups won't fit your driving. I have found that every persons as different way to drive,and most importantly every PC & STEERING device are different,so from my personal experience it never really fits my driving. Altough you can actually find some valuable information from these files (how to take corners,gear,setups) That's all Andreas, hope it will be useful, i just want to mention that i'm far from beeing an expert, i'm learning like you and the rest of us all. Eric

Nice post Eric! Did you ever consider rewriting the GP2 manual :-) ->->Mark Mann->->->->http://www.netrunner.net/~markmann ************************************** F1GP2 Racing League http://home.cwnet.com/randallc/gp2setup/index.html **************************************